Two weeks ago, we introduced you to Rosalia whose flamenco modern R&B style has been making waves in her native Spain of late and starting to stretch beyond with brilliant videos and hype for her album El Mal Querer, which dropped on Friday worldwide.
Over the weekend, Rosalia further cemented her rep with a medley performance of two of the best tracks from the album ‘De Aqui No Sales’ and ‘Malamente’ at the MTV EMAs in Bilbao. It was a huge performance with an ensemble cast, leather biker gear (‘De Aqui No Sales’ prominently features a revving engine as its rhythm) and

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.